The experience and the variety of operations in which professionals of our practice have participated provide comprehensive advice and assistance in the structuring and implementation of transactions both domestic and international, innovative and often complex, combining a deep knowledge of the European market with a strong propensity for international.
Loans
The activity of the team of Banking and Finance of L4L Legal Advice in this area includes:
- financing for acquisitions of companies and businesses by borrowing.
- funding for investment in real estate and property development operations
- export financing
- syndicated loans and corporate finance in general
- funding naval and air
- letters of guarantee and credit
- finance and operational leases, and factoring
- Consumer Credit
- issuance of financial derivatives
Structured Finance and Securitization
L4L Legal Advice provides advice to banks, funds, financial institutions, investment banks and other issuers in the structured finance sector, with particular reference to:
• securitization transactions involving mortgage and residential and commercial mortgage loans, CDOs (collateralized debt obligations), CLO (collateralized loan obligations), CLN (credit-linked notes), health claims and the public sector in general, claims arising from ‘ use of credit cards, loans from leasing, factoring and consumer credit
- restructuring of securitization
- repackaging operations
- covered bonds
Project Finance
L4L Legal Advice has gained significant expertise in project financing also in the field of public-private partnership (PPP), having assisted lenders and sponsors in several important projects in the energy, waste disposal, telecommunications, infrastructure and transport, taking care of all the phases and aspects of the transaction, including:
- the establishment of joint ventures and temporary groupings of companies, incorporation and structuring of special vehicle company and the negotiation of the relevant shareholders’ agreements
- participation and management of public tenders, contract negotiations and concessions, management of the process in the post-race
- drafting contracts of EPC, O & M and supply
- the preparation of loan agreements and ofthe related security package